Revelation (AG#64)

Kind of based on the aim of hoping to make something a bit like Dark Star’s Revelation, inspired by this post at Jim’s Beer Kit. I ended up including some caramalt instead of having a purely pale malt grain bill to provide a bit more background to the hops, of which there a lot!

The comments from Dark Star differ slightly from the recipes shown in that discussion at Jims, in that Dark Star have stated there’s two bittering additions of 50IBU as first wort and start of boil, which is what I’ve gone for, with Magnum as it’s described as “a clean bittering hop”. The aroma additions are a mix of Liberty, Cascade, Centennial and Citra, and have equal additions at 10 minutes, 5 minutes, and as a steep. I’ll add more for dry-hopping when it’s fermented.

A lot of losses to the hops – down from 27.5 litres in the boiler to 23 litres in the FV. Ended up at 1.056, which is a smidge low but I’m happy with that. Smells great, though!

2014-08-24: Not done much yet, only down to 1.040 or so. The sample in the trial jar tasted ok, though. I’ve given it a gentle stir, so we’ll see where we are in a couple of days and if nothing has happened then I’ll add a fresh pack of yeast.

2014-08-30: Finally down to about 1.012, so the same Liberty – Cascade – Citra mix, with 10g of Amarillo in place of the final Centennial (since I didn’t see the point in opening a fresh pack for 10g) added as dry-hop after racking to secondary. Still very cloudy, but I’ll give it to the middle of the week, add some gelatine finings, and we’ll see how we go.

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